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Ahead of today’s ruling on the application for live transmission of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress have disagreed over the need for the hearing to be broadcast by the media. The PDP and LP told The PUNCH on Sunday that the live telecast of the court …

Saudi Arabia Kingdom and the United States of America announced that on May 20, 2023, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces signed an Agreement on a Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangements.  The short-term ceasefire, which enters into force 48 hours after the signing of the Agreement, shall remain in effect for …

Edo State Government has concluded a comprehensive two-week onboarding program for newly recruited and absorbed officers into the state’s civil/public service. The State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq., reaffirmed the government’s commitment to prioritizing the development and welfare of the state’s civil/public servants, while addressing participants during the closing ceremony at the John Odigie-Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA) in …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Operatives of the Intelligence Rapid Response Squad of Edo State Police Command have foiled cult-related killings and arrested two members of the state Vigilante Group and a tipper driver in Benin City. The two vigilante commanders, Bright Amadin, 34 and Stanley Omoregie, 27 were paraded along with one Brown Amadin,29 a tipper driver …

By Eben Enasco A coalition of oil producing host communities’ youths in Edo State has alleged marginalization and relegation in the scheme of things by the Nigeria Government. At a gathering last Friday in Benin City, the Edo State Capital, representative of the group, Engineer Ehis Osagie charged Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu to revisit the process of engaging representatives of …

• Line up 50 witnesses against Tinubu, INEC The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have told the election petition court that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied them access to carry out forensic examination on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) in flagrant disobedience of the order of the court. Meanwhile, Obi has disclosed …

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, in 2019, ignored a request for information on the $460 million and the status of the Abuja CCTV project the money was meant to be used for. The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari to “account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed …

In what is best described as a major immigration crackdown on foreign students, the United Kingdom is set to announce new restrictions that will most likely stop Nigerian students, other nationalities studying in the UK from bringing their families over. This crackdown, according to an exclusive report by The Sun UK, will be annocued this week. The new UK Immigration …

• Manufacturers Invest N698.3billion On Alternative Energy• Load Off-take By DisCos Crashes To 2,900MW Despite NERC Contract • Stakeholders List Corruption, Political Considerations, Non-Alignment Of Infrastructure As Obstacles• Sector Must Transit From Govt-operated To Market-oriented System The projected gains expected from the over $7.5 billion loans taken by the President Muhammadu Buhari administartion to overhaul the transmission segment of the electricity sector …

Before the latest amendments to the 2010 Electoral Act, INEC could not overturn a result declared by a returning office even when it was done under duress or illegally. On the morning of Sunday, 15 April, the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yunusa Ari, made headlines when he illegally declared the candidate of the …